I have an OCZ Vertex and absolutely love it! I have Win 7 and my programs installed on it, and have a magnetic drive for bulk data (music, movies). From what I've read, they don't benefit much from raid as they tend to max out the controller, unless you shell out the bucks for a great one. OCZ does have one product I've seen that was an SSD raid and controller package that fits in a PCI slot to really burn along, though!